A bunch of names have started to surface in the quest to replace Ron Everhart at Duquesne. Here are some that I’ve heard. Orlando Antigua – Assistant Coach Kentucky. Knows the Pittsburgh area – played at Pitt (1991-1995) and spent five seasons as an assistant there. Was also an assistant to John Calipari at Memphis.
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Schreiner head coach resigns
Schreiner Men’s Basketball head coach Drew Miller announced his resignation yesterday. His wife has just accepted a job at the Pentagon – his family will be relocating to the DC area. A search for the next head coach will begin immediately. The job will look to be filled no later than May 1. Stay with
OFFICIAL: Tulsa hires Manning
The University of Tulsa has reached an agreement in principle with University of Kansas Assistant Coach Danny Manning on becoming the school’s 29th head basketball coach, Director of Athletics Ross Parmley announced this morning. Manning, 46, is currently coaching with the NCAA Final Four-bound Kansas Jayhawks, thus the official news conference introducing Manning as the
Kansas State rumors
Here are some of the names that have started to surface as the quest to replace Frank Martin at Kansas State begins. Tim Jankovich – Head Coach Illinois State. He is a Kansas State alum (’82), who is 104-64 in his 5 seasons at Illinois State (21-14 this season). Has also been the head coach
Illinois Press Conference scheduled
The University of Illinois has called an 1 p.m. CT press conference at Assembly Hall to introduce its new men’s basketball coach. The press conference is open to the public, will be televised live on the Big Ten Network and will be streamed live on fightingillini.com. It is not a very well kept secret that
Drew Agrees to Contract Extension
Valparaiso University announced today that head coach Bryce Drew has agreed to a multi-year contract extension. In his first season as head coach Drew was named the Horizon League Coach of the Year and guided the Crusaders to 22 victories and a berth in the postseason NIT. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball
OFFICIAL: Groce takes over at Illinois
We been talking about this one for a few days. No big secret here. Here’s a link to the official statement and a video of John Groce’s introductory press conference at Illinois: http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/03291… Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
OFFICIAL: SUU hires Robinson
We reported this as a "Hot Rumor" this morning – it’s now official. LSU assistant Nick Robinson is the new head coach at Southern Utah. Here’s the official release: http://www.suutbirds.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=95898&SP… Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
OFFICIAL: Hinson to SIU
Kansas DBO Barry Hinson has officially been named as the head coach at Southern Illinois. Just wanted to pass along the official release: http://www.siusalukis.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/032812aac… Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
Daily Dirt – 3/29/12
Some things that I’ve heard today…. Baker College head coach Brett Ballard has resigned and will join Danny Manning’s staff at Tulsa. He had spent two seasons at Baker, and was a Kansas staffer before that. I’ve also heard that Missouri State assistant Steve Woodberry (Kansas ’94) is in the mix for a spot on
BREAKING: Kelsey hired at Winthrop
Winthrop Athletic Director Tom Hickman announced on Thursday that 36-year-old Pat Kelsey, a former assistant coach at Wake Forest and an associate head coach at Xavier University in Cincinnati, has been hired as the sixth men’s basketball head coach in school history. He will be formally introduced to the media and Winthrop supporters sometime next
HOT RUMOR: Robinson the choice at Southern Utah
According to a source, LSU assistant coach Nick Robinson will be the next head coach at Southern Utah. Robinson has reportedly beat out Barret Peery (Indian Hills) and Ron Verlin (Pacific) for the job – we confirmed them as the final three last week (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/d02438ca/southern-utah-update/…). Robinson Hails from Salt Lake City, UT and played at